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East Timor

Kids from the village of Zumalai pose for the camera. The central cemetery in Dili- site of the Santa Cruz massacre in 1991 in which Indonesian troops killed more than 250 people gathered to mourn the death of Sebastião Gomes a young supporter of an independant Timor. Fr Antonio who runs the Carmelite mission in Zumalai, takes care of the homeless, feeds the hungry and generally ought to be wearing a cape. My trusty assistant Tom Fairman. The tetum word for gecko is 'teki' which can also refer to a pretty girl. A young boy outside the church and schoolyard in Zumalai, East Timor. Portrait of boys in Zumalai. More than one third of the Timorese population are under the age of 14. Many of these children have been orphaned by disease and war. Portrait of a young girl in Cova Lima district, East Timor. Mother and daughter sleeping through the hottest part of the day at a roadside stall in Suai. Children on the streets of Zumalai, East Timor. Portrait of a boy in Zumalai, East Timor. A young girl at the well in Zumalai, East Timor. A young girl harvests rice in a paddy near Zumalai in East Timor.

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